TY  - BOOK
AU  - Playford,John
TI  - The dancing master: or, directions for dancing country dances with the figure and tunes to each dance 
PY  - 1670///
CY  - London
PB  - Printed by W. Godbid, and are to be sold by John Playford
KW  -  
KW  - UkLoVW
KW  - Country dances
KW  - Dance music
KW  - England
N1  - Available as photocopy and on microfilm; With other collections in microfilm R 004, The dancing master [4th, 8th, and 9th editions]
N2  - Originally published in 1650 under the title of The English dancing master, this work went through numerous editions from 1652 to 1728. Compiled by John Playford (1623-1687), a publisher of music books, the treatise is considered an important work on English country dances, a form of dance where couples perform a series of set patterns. The fourth edition contained 155 dances, including 33 new ones (see Dean-Smith, 1957)
ER  -